Gap

It’s written on the ground right where you can see it if you’re looking. And they say it over the loud speakers too. It’s for your own safety. “Mind the Gap!” Actually that’s the short version, but it is the important part. The full message is: “Please mind the gap between the platform and the train.” But that’s too long to write on the platform. It would probably take too much pant seeing as you would have to keep waiting it all along the platform. But it’s an important message. You could do yourself a lot of damage by not minding the gap! We are in a time of “Mind the Gap!” I think. We are to keep the 2m distance. The signs are everywhere. They’re on the floors in every shop. They’re in the gym. They’re in schools and workplaces. They’re in the church. Everywhere we look there are signs reminding us to “Mind the Gap.” We are minding the gap because it’s a way to keep us safe. It’s a way to protect one another from the COVID-19 virus. The virus evidently can’t cross the gap. But we have to do our bit and “Mind the Gap!” God wants to close the gap. Stay with me here! He wants to close the gap between him and us. That’s his whole mission. That’s everything we read in the story of God. That’s everything we read in the Bible. God wants to close the gap between himself and the people he loves. In fact, if you read God’s story, you’ll see that’s exactly what he’s done.. He promised to be as close a s he could be. The most frequent promise n the Bible is: ”I will be with you.” Some gaps are good. The gap between the train and the platform is there so we don’t get hit by a train. We keep our 2m distance so we don’t pass on the virus to others. We have to “Mind the gap!” And we would do well to “Mind the Gap!” We would do well to mind the gap between us and God. God it seems wants to be close to us. God it seems has come as close as he can. But God has left a gap. It’s not to protect us. It’s not because he couldn’t close the gap. It’s not because he doesn’t doesn’t care. God has left a gap because he is love. God has left a gap because he wants us to choose. God has left a gap because he will not impose himself on us. But God does say: “Mind the Gap!” God says: “Come to me!” The moment we turn our hearts towards God, the moment we move towards him, he will come close to us. In fact, God’s runs to meet us. God wants; to close the gap between you and him. He has come as close as he can be. Now it’s your turn. He leaves you to choose. We would do well to “Mind the Gap!”